71. He
answered, He saith, it is a cow, not broken in to plough the earth or irrigate
the tilth, a sound one with no blemish on her.' They said, 'Now hast thou
brought the truth.' And they slaughtered her, though they came near leaving it
undone. 72. When
too ye slew a soul and disputed thereupon, and Allah brought forth that which
ye had hidden, 73. then
we said, 'Strike him with part of her.' Thus Allah brings the dead to life and
shows you His signs, that haply ye may understand. 74. Yet
were your hearts hardened even after that, till they were as stones or harder
still, for verily of stones are some from which streams burst forth, and of
them there are some that burst asunder and the water issues out, and of them
there are some that fall down for fear of Allah; but Allah is never careless of
what ye do. 75. Do
ye crave that they should believe you when already a sect of them have heard
the word of Allah and then perverted it after they had understood it, though
they knew? 76. And
when they meet those who believe they say, 'We believe,' but when one goes
aside with another they say, 'Will ye talk to them of what Allah has opened up
to you, that they may argue with you upon it before your Lord? Do ye not
therefore understand?' 77. Do
they not then know that Allah knoweth what they keep secret and what they make
known abroad? 78. And
some of them there are, illiterate folk, that know not the Book, but only idle
tales; for they do but fancy. 79. But
woe to those who write out the Book with their hands and say 'this is from'
Allah; to buy therewith a little price! and woe to them for what their hands
have written, and woe to them for what they gain! 80. And
then they say, 'Hell fire shall not touch us save for a number of days.' Say,
'Have ye taken a covenant with Allah?' but Allah breaks not His covenant. Or do
ye say of Allah that which ye do not know?